Stay on the Scene only if you can do so with no risk to yourself. If possible, stay until the arrival of: Fire/Police/Person in Charge (Director of Public Safety or Engineer on Duty).

General telephone: 212.353.4100

How to speak to 911

1. Stay calm. Someone's life may depend on it.

2. Give vital information:

Your name

The phone number you are calling from

The exact location of the emergency-street address, floor, and room number
7 East 7th Street (not Foundation Building)

Cooper Square (not New Academic Building)

Third Avenue (not Residence Hall)

State the nature of the emergency.

Do not downplay the severity of the emergency.Describing an injury as a cut may yield a 45-minute response time by an EMT. Describing an injury as a 'severed finger' may yield a 3-minute response time from a (more highly trained) paramedic.
Particulary important: chest pain, heavy bleeding, difficulty breathing, unconscious.

3. Follow the dispatcher's directions. Don't hang up until directed to do so.

In the event of a localized emergency, you may be directed to relocate between buildings:

Washington Square Park
Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North
Under the "Arch" at the north end of the park, weather permitting.

Do not try to force the doors open or attempt to get out of the elevator on your own.

Use the emergency call button and report the situation. Pressing this button places a call to a 24 hour emergency dispatcher (the elevator company)—specify which building you are in and which elevator.

Push the alarm button. This audibly notifies Cooper staff of a problem.

If a window is available, place an article of clothing (shirt, coat, etc.) outside the window as a marker for rescue crews. If there is no window, tap on a pipe or wall so that rescuers can hear where you are.

If possible, use a flashlight to signal your location to rescuers.

Cover your nose and mouth with anything you have on hand. (Dense-weave cotton material can act as a good filter. Try to breathe through the material.)
5. Shout only as a last resort.

Seasonal flu occurs every year, typically in the fall and winter. Pandemic flu is different. It is a global outbreak of the influenza disease that occurs when a new influenza virus appears in the human population. Because people have little or no immunity to the new strain, serious illness can occur, and the virus can spread easily and rapidly from person to person with no vaccine immediately available. In the event that a pandemic poses a threat to the Cooper community, campus officials will issue regular updates through the use of the Emergency Notification System (ENS), email, telephone and other media. There also will be regular updates via Cooper’s home page http://www.cooper.edu.

If you are sick, stay home.

If you have a temperature, stay home.

The best prevention is to wash your hands thoroughly and often with soap and water.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.